hats off to the weather!!!

hat made by my brother, makeup by me :)
chicago WIND magazine nov '08
RIP hat....was squished into a bag and never brought back t life.

for those of you living in chicago,
how nice has the weather been these couple of days??!!!
im totally taking advantage and playing hooky from work and spending the whole day outside, shopping, and spending some quality sibling time with my brother!

enjoy!!

another reason to love starbucks even more?

...or Dsquared2?

photo (above) from fabsugar

i loved all the layering in the looks, especially the slouchy pants and thick, furry vests on top. oo and the oversize beanies and berets. reminds me of the lincoln park girls and how they would totally carry their bags like that & drink starbux. LOL. but it's rare to find people in chicago who dress cool in ...? (prove me wrong girls...& guys!)

not really digging the legging+skirt combo. reminds me LP girls again. leggings+cheap f21 top+colored pointy heels to match shirt.

props to them for FEEDING THE MODELS. NEXT TIME ADD A LOT OF WHIPPED CREAM, okkkk!!!!!!!!

MKOmg :)

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Boobage in the first pic! lol

Mk olsen for Fashion mar '09

love both the olsens, the way they smile sometimes bugs me..kind of reminds me of the joker sometimes. eek

photo via olsensanonymous

DIY: Rodarte

I just have to say, some of you girls (&boys) are soooo freakin creative and talented. Case in point: shini of park&cube, camille of childhood flames, susie bubble, and the sixsixsick girls (just to mention a few). You girls are the reason I cut up so many of my jeans, studded everything in sight, and the reason my closet has doubled in just the past month :) 

lastest obsession I will never be able to do unless I:

1) learn how to knit (impossible, too inpatient) 

2) rekindle my relationship with my grandma because she's an amazing knitter (not too impossible, might take some time)

either way, I'll just continue to fantasize. thanks for the eye candy girls!!!!!!

check out their DIY's for the RODARTE knitssssssss & the diamond cut leggings too! (go search thru their blog for other excellent DIY's!!)

sixsixsick

umm...that's siiiiiick!!!

park&cube

diamond legging DIY

can't wait to see the end result!

fashionsquad

I remember seeing a photo of a knit sweater her mom made her....!!!

*if any of you have any successful DIY's let me know~ :)

ps. hahah i just showed my mom pictures of the Rodarte knits...and we agreed to make a scarf because she says she doesn't know to make a cardigan..keke. i guess it's better than nothing, right? 

SALE ALERT!

LOEHMANN's is having a crazy sale.

i usually do not like shopping there because i feel like theres nothing really good.

but i think they busted out everything they had.

i saw a cute blumarine skirt for $75 (orig over $1000)

gryphon jacket $60 (orig over 800)

bunch of D&G sturrffss

and lots of other things that i can't remember.

i bought a john varvatos for converse sequined cardigan for a cool $15

i'll post a pic when my camera charges :)

oohhh...and borders is having a good $1 sale ^^. 

I bought like 6 photo albums (orig $16-$50)

i'm a sale junkie, so let me know if you see any good sales!!

chatterbox

sorry my blog sucks! haha, i guess i'm still trying to find out the workings of a blog, as my thoughts are just everywhere. for those of you kind enough to stop by and take a look, i thank you :)

with that being said, i don't have photos of me in particular outfits...yet. those will be coming soon. i do have many beauty pics because that's my profession---lazy student by day, makeup artist by.....hmm i dont know how to end that one. 

here's a pic of me wearing MAC's chatterbox lipstick and f21 glasses which i dont what happened to..

this was taken around spring/summer time last year when i worked at X (details soon to come) beauty counter. I worked on the other side of MAC and was always jealous of the fun colors and styles the MAC girls got to wear...

the picture doesnt do the color justice....it was soooo bubble gum-barbie pink. loved it.

feel free if you have any questions about products or even skincare (i have my esthetics license). My expertise is finding good, cheap makeup!

check this out

So there's a salvation army in the city right by depaul I've some really lucky finds there. something will pull me to a certain area of a rack and there will be a designer garment just hanging there. I got a pair of marc jacobs (jeans) for $3 which I turned into shorts (because the bootcut was not flattering on my body). next was a cute little blue cheap&chic moschino jacket for $5 (which I didn't buy because I'm cheap like that). I've hadn't had much luck there lately, but I got this comme des garconne silk checkered shirt there for $3. Even when I find these pieces for so cheap, I still always hestitate to buy because money adds up! Well I got this baby for $2.80 and I still need to wash it. Whoever wore this before had a hell of a time because it's been worn to the max! Hopefully I can clean it up and figure out something to wear with it....

happy monday! (oh, how I hate mondays!)